COVID-19

Changes in substance supply and use characteristics among people who use drugs (PWUD) during the COVID-19 global pandemic: A national qualitative assessment in Canada

Farihah Ali, Cayley Russell, Frishta Nafeh, Jürgen Rehm, Sean LeBlanc, Tara Elton-Marshall

People who use drugs (PWUD) may be at an increased risk of experiencing negative effects related to COVID-19. Border and non-essential service closures may have placed PWUD at an increased risk of experiencing unintended consequences regarding…

Sex differences in maladaptive emotional and behavioral responses to COVID-19: What is the role of personality?

Sarah DeGrace, Natasha Baptist-Mohseni, Alanna Single, Matthew Keough, Jeffrey Wardell, Sherry Stewart

Males are more non-adherent to public health measures for containing COVID-19 while females experience more COVID…

Identifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on service access for people who use drugs (PWUD): A national qualitative study

Cayley Russell, Farihah Ali, Frishta Nafeh, Jürgen Rehm, Sean LeBlanc, Tara Elton-Marshall

Closures and reductions in capacity of select health and social services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic may have placed people who use drugs (PWUD) at a disproportionately increased risk for experiencing harms, and resulted in critical…

Loneliness in the COVID-19 pandemic: Associations with age, gender and their interaction

Christine Wickens, André McDonald, Tara Elton-Marshall, Samantha Wells, Yeshambel Nigatu, Damian Jankowicz, Hayley Hamilton

Loneliness is associated with mental health and thus is of particular concern in the COVID-19 pandemic, due to physical distancing restrictions and shelter-in-place orders. The current study assessed the associations of age, gender and their interaction with…